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Episode 6: An interview with GOOD party leader Patricia de Lille

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GOOD leader Patricia de Lille believes that sexual misconduct allegations confronting her political party in recent years are reflective of the broader gender-based violence crisis plaguing society.

Last month, the GOOD party booted one of its members, a former rugby coach, whose facing two counts of attempted sexual assault and crimen injuria in the Vredendal Magistrate's Court.
21 Apr English South Africa Politics · News Commentary

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